The
handwriting is on the wall. The bold imprints are seen in the failings
of this administration. Now the dashed expectations of the Jonathan’s
presidency all seem to be leading to one predictable end — he may not be
re-elected in 2015. There are strong reasons to believe that his fairy
tale journey to the Presidency may end in his first term. Apart from the
unfolding infighting threatening to tear his party apart, President
Goodluck Jonathan appears to have squandered the goodwill that ensured
his becoming Nigeria’s first minority president. There is a depressing
sense in which one cannot just imagine that this country would endure
another term of this administration for another four years in office
ending in 2019. This will be suicidal. Even now, 2015 looks too distant
into the future in the eyes of ordinary Nigerians. In 2011, the
president won the election by playing the underdog card.
